FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 Teams Squads

The 17th edition of the youth football championship, 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup is scheduled to kick off on 6 October 2017 in India. All the enthusiastic football fans all over India will witness international football competition action live for the first time as India hosts the Under-17 World Cup competition. Moreover, it gives India a great opportunity to witness the future talents of the world football. Take a look at the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 teams squads of all the participating nations below.

In the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 edition, a total of 24 teams will participate including India who qualified automatically as hosts, the rest 23 teams qualify through six separate continental tournaments. Out of 23 teams, 7 teams are from the Asian Football Corporation (AFC) and Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) while other 19 teams are from the North and Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF) and Africa (CAF) and Europe (UEFA). Here are all the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 teams who qualified through different competitions.

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 Teams

Confederation

Qualifier

AFC (Asia)

India

Iran
Iraq
Japan
North Korea

CAF (Africa)

Ghana
TBD
TBD
TBD

CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean)

Costa Rica
Honduras
Mexico
United States

CONMEBOL (South America)

Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Paraguay

OFC (Oceania)

New Caledonia1
New Zealand

UEFA (Europe)

England
France
Germany
Spain
Turkey

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 Teams Squads

Once all the teams will be confirmed for the tournament, here we will update the full squads of all the 24 participating nations.

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup Venue

As per the FIFA Guidelines total 10 venues are shortlisted to host the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup including Delhi, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, Margao, Bangalore, Kolkata, Kochi, Guwahati, and Navi Mumbai. Here is the Official Venue of the 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup.

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata. 85,000 capacity

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi. 60,500 capacity

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. 60,000 capacity

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. 55,000 capacity

Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati. 30,000 capacity

Fatorda Stadium, Margao Goa. 19,000 capacity.

However, the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup schedule is released but match fixtures is yet to be announced by the FIFA. You get 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup schedule plus PDF download here.

While Azerbaijan, Ireland, Uzbekistan had their respective bid placed to host the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, it was India to win it. However, India already submitted Bid on 15 November 2013 to host the 17th edition of FIFA Under 17 World Cup. India was remarkably declared the under 17 World Cup host on 5th December 2013 by the FIFA Official executive Committee.